Getting Started
RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing
Family Trees
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/
A great site for beginners to learn the basics of genealogical research.
Links to major web sites are included.
Genealogy
Online Course
http://genealogy.about.com/library/lessons/blintro.htm
Free self-paced online course. Good intro information.
Understanding
the Census
http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm_catalogs/census_schedules/1790_1890_federal_population_census_part01.htmlA
National Archives explanation of the U.S. Census
Books
There are thousands of "how to" genealogy books out there.
Our recommendation is to look at the most recent ones that you can find.
The Internet has revoluntionized the hunt. Here are two, but use
Prospector, or Amazon.com
to find many more.
Renick, Barbara. Genealogy 101. Nashville : Rutledge Hill Press, 2003
Porter, Pamela Boyer. Online Roots. Nashville : Rutledge Hill Press,
2003
The Biggies
*Heritagequesthttp://www.ppld.org - Select "Electronic Reference" off of main page
Via the Pikes Peak Library District Electronic Reference page. Use your PPLD card and pin number to access. Census, Full image, searchable from 1790-1930 (except 1880 -but that is found free on the site below).
*Family Search
- the largest repository of genealogy information in the world. 1880 Census
images and index. Family trees.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp
The LDS (Mormon) genealogy site.
*Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
on the Internet
http://www.cyndislist.com/
Widely recognized as the largest non-commercial genealogy site.
*U.S.Genweb
http://www.usgenweb.org/
Links to State sites which in turn lead to county level data. Maintained
and produced by volunteers. Excellent free site. Lots of searchable archives,
cemetery records.
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
http://www.genealogytoolbox.com/
United States Internet Genealogical Society
http://www.usigs.org/
RootsWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/
Started by volunteers, though now sponsored by Ancestry.com. Free databases
and contributed family trees.
Yahoo
Genealogy Site
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/Genealogy/
United
States Genealogy Sleuth
http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm
I Dream of Genealogy
http://www.idreamof.com/home.html
Linkpendium
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/
Census Online
http://www.census-online.com
"The web's largest directory of links to online census transcriptions!
This directory includes links to federal censuses and indexes, state
and territorial censuses, tax lists, voter lists, military pensioner lists,
etc."
American
Family Immigration Center
http://www.ellisisland.org/
Ellis Island information
Civil War Soldiers
and Sailors
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
Major Commercial Sites
Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com
Many of the commercial sites will let you subscribe for a month at a time.
Genealogy.com
http://www.genealogy.com
Maps and Geography
Color Landform
Atlas of the U.S.
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Historical County Lines
http://jrshelby.com/hcl/
Canadian Links
Canadian 1901
Census
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html
Canadian Genealogy Centre
http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/
Census of Canada,
1901 - Basic Search
http://www.archives.ca/02/02012202_e.html
Census Online -
Canada
http://www.census-online.com/links/Canada/
International Links
World Genweb
A project similar to USGENWEB that has sites for every country other than
the US. This project is a bit younger than USGENWEB so there are some
countries that still need coordinators.
http://www.worldgenweb.org
International Genealogy
http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Genealogy/
Census Online -
England
http://www.census-online.com/links/England/
Coat of Arms
in Ireland and from around the world
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~donnaweb/e/index.html
Family Workings
Heraldry Links
http://www.familyworkings.com/links/herald.htm
Irish
Passenger Lists
http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/irish.htm
German Genealogy
Tips
http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/tips.html
Specialty Databases/Search Engines
Social Security Death Index
Interactive Search
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
Online
Searchable Death Indexes for the USA
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html
Surname Search Site
http://surnamesite.com/surbase/surname.cgi
Gendex Index of Surnames
http://www.gendex.com:8080/
A simple looking site with connections to family trees
Listservs and Message Boards
RootsWeb Message
Boards
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw
Roots-l
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/
Other Libraries
LDS Family History Centers in Colorado
Colorado Springs Colorado
150 Pine Avenue
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Phone: 719-634-0572
Hours: T,F 10am-4pm; W, Th, 1pm-4pm; 6pm-9pm; 2nd & 3rd Sat 10am-2pm.
Closed: Mondays; Last two weeks of December .
Colorado Springs Colorado East
4955 Meadowland Blvd
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Phone: 719-268-9185
Hours: M, W, Sat 10am-1pm; T, W, Th 6pm-9pm
Closed: Dec 20 - Jan 3
Colorado Springs Colorado North
8710 Lexington Drive
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Phone: 719-534-9621
Hours: M 10am-3:30pm; T,W 10:am-3:30pm, 6pm-9pm; Fri, Sat 10am-1pm.
Closed: Thursdays and Sundays.
Penrose
Library, Pikes Peak Library District, Local History and Genealogy
http://library.ppld.org/specialcollections/localhistorygenealogy.asp
Denver
Public Library
http://www.denver.lib.co.us/ebranch/resources_genealogy.html
Federal Archives and Record Center
Building 48
6th and Kipling
Denver, CO 80225
(303) 236-0804
Genealogy Groups
Penrose
Public Library list of local genealogy groups
http://library.ppld.org/SpecialCollections/localhistory_groups.asp
* Favorite sites
